Friday, August 2, 2013

Stimulating brain cells can make false memories

[unable to retrieve full-text content]By activating a subset of brain cells in mice, researchers changed the way the animals remembered a particular setting. To determine if they could alter the way a mouse remembered a setting by activating neurons associated with it, researchers attempted to change whether or not a mouse was afraid of a particular cage. Their experiements implicated neurons in the brain's dentate gyrus as being responsible for inducing the animal's false memory of their cage.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Valerie Harper Working On Movie Despite Cancer

  • Christina Applegate

    The actress was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36 in 2008. One month later, after learning she had tested positive for the BRCA1 gene (also known as the breast cancer gene), she underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy, rather than opting for radiation or chemotherapy, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5606034&page=1#.UMj-eHPjkgs">she told ABC's Good Morning America at the time</a>. "I didn't want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything. I just wanted to kind of get rid of this whole thing for me. This was the choice that I made and it was a tough one," she said <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5606034&page=1" target="_hplink">in the interview</a>. "Sometimes, you know, I cry. And sometimes I scream. And I get really angry. And I get really upset, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. And I think that it's all part of the healing." In 2011, Applegate <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20466433,00.html">gave birth to her first child</a>, daughter Sadie. "She's healed me in so many ways," she told <em>People</em> magazine.

  • Diem Brown

    The MTV star was first diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer in September 2005 at just 24 years old, <em>Glamour</em> reported in 2006 -- one ovary, several lymph nodes and part of one fallopian tube were removed, according to the magazine. "I had no idea why this was happening to me. I?m a healthy girl: I?m a vegetarian; I don?t smoke; I barely drink," <a href="http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2006/10/cancer-diary-diem-brown">she told <em>Glamour</em></a>. "I kept thinking, I have so much to do; I?m not ready to die." One month after surgery, Diem traveled to Australia for the Real World/Road Rules Challenge on MTV. Earlier this year, at age 30, Brown revealed that she is <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20603790,00.html">again battling ovarian cancer,</a> <em>People</em> reported. Over the past several months, she's been blogging about her experience for the publication (<a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20639905,00.html">check out a video of her post-chemo hair loss here</a>). She wrote in a <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20650760,00.html">recent People.com post</a>: <blockquote>A year ... If you would have told me that after I climbed an Icelandic glacier on MTV's The Challenge, I would find a cancer-filled cyst, freeze eggs, have two surgeries, start early menopause, go through chemo for a second time and film/post my chemo hair loss process make-up free and bald, I would tell you to put me back on that glacier! However, now I can look back at those seemingly overwhelming moments, happy to be where I am: Rounding out the end of this trying journey, ready to move on from my "frenemy" cancer once and for all.</blockquote>

  • Anthony Ryan Auld

    The <a href="http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/season-9/designers/anthony-ryan-auld">Project Runway season 9</a> contestant (and current contender on season two of Lifetime's Project Runway All Stars) was diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 25, <a href="http://www.healthline.com/health/ryan-auld-project-runway#2">Healthline.com reports</a>. He had one testicle removed and then underwent about six months of chemotherapy in early 2009. "One of the things I got from my cancer experience is to be appreciative for every day that you're given," <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2012/11/15/anthony-ryan-auld-wins-project-runway-all-stars-challenge/1707295/">Auld told <em>USA Today</em> in November</a>. "Just the little things in the day. Regardless of if you get to have 10 minutes with your grandmother for the day or you get to call your mom and say I love you. You really have to take those and enjoy them." After his first Project Runway appearance, Auld launched a nonprofit called ROCKONE1, supporting cancer patients and their support networks through fashion, whether that means going shopping together or designing a new outfit, <a href="http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway-all-stars/season-2/designers/anthony-ryan-auld">according to <em>USA Today</em></a>.

  • Marissa Jaret Winokur

    At age 27, while auditioning for Broadway's Hairspray (which she later earned a Tony for), the actress was diagnosed with cervical cancer after a routine Pap smear, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20009915,00.html">People.com reported</a>. A few days after diagnosis, she had part of her cervix removed -- a week later, she found out the cancer had spread, meaning she needed to have a hysterectomy. "Shortly after the second surgery, I got the part [in Hairspray]. I didn't have time to be sick -- I so wanted this part," she wrote for <em>People</em>. I repeated over and over, "I'm going to be okay." Now a married mom (via a surrogate), Winkour has had stints on "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/17/marissa-jaret-winokur-lea_n_809932.html">The Talk</a>" and "Dancing With The Stars" over the past few years. And just this past October, she unveiled a dramatic <a href="http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-11-01/news/34862111_1_sizes-cervical-cancer-thin-crowd">60-pound weight loss</a>.

  • Ethan Zohn

    In April 2009, the then 30-year-old winner of Survivor: Africa was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's disease, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20279566,00.html">People.com reported at the time</a>. He underwent chemotherapy and then a stem cell transplant -- 20 months after he went into remission, in September 2011, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20541727,00.html">according to People</a>, he found out the cancer had returned in his chest. Zohn underwent "smart" chemotherapy, followed by a stem cell transplant in February 2012, <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/lymphoma/0518/ethan-zohn-im-getting-stronger-every-day.aspx">Everyday Health reports</a>. "I?m doing great,? he told the publication in May. "Maybe great isn?t the right word. I?m tired all the time, I don?t have a good appetite, I don?t have much energy, I?m weak, I?m skinny, I?m still bald ... but I?m getting stronger every day, and things are going according to plan in terms of my recovery. It?s all par for the course -- it?s just taking a little longer to get back to normal.?

  • Giuliana Rancic

    At age 36, while undergoing in vitro fertilization for the third time, the E! News Host was diagnosed with breast cancer. After previous treatments were unsuccessful, she opted to have a double mastectomy in December 2011, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/double-mastectomy-giuliana-rancic-breast-cancer_n_1129433.html">HuffPost reported at the time</a>. "If I had chosen to just do another lumpectomy and then do radiation and then do anti-estrogen therapy, which means two to five years of medication, that basically puts me into early menopause, then I would have to put off having a baby for several years," she told TODAY! of her decision. "So that was something we took into account. But to be honest, at the end it all came down to was just choosing to live and not looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life." On Aug. 29, 2012, Rancic and husband Bill Rancic got their happy ending with the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/edward-duke-rancic-photo-giuliana-bill-rancic-baby-boy_n_1876694.html">birth of baby Edward Duke Rancic</a> via gestational surrogate.

  • Will Reiser

    At age 25, Reiser, screenwriter of the 2011 film 50/50, was experiencing strange symptoms, including weight loss, a horrible fatigue and night sweats. Convinced he was diabetic based on a Google search of his symptoms, he finally went to the doctor, who ran a series of tests. After several misdiagnoses, he was eventually properly diagnosed with a large tumor that had wrapped itself around his spine. "You've just suddenly been given the news that your body is attacking itself, your body is destroying itself from the inside," he told HuffPost Healthy Living during an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/dating-cancer-generation-why_n_2214749.html?utm_hp_ref=generation-why">interview for the Generation Why series</a>. "It was like this hurricane just swept through my body and left me in total disarray." Surgery successfully removed the tumor, and Reiser went on to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/5050-cancer-humor_n_988254.html">write 50/50</a>, which was inspired by his experience, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and real-life friend Seth Rogen.

  • Ryan Buell

    The star of A&E's series "Paranormal State" announced he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this past August, at the age of 30, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20619106,00.html"><em>People</em> magazine reported</a>. Keeping his fans updated on social media throughout his battle, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RyanDBuell">he posted this message on December 11</a>: <blockquote>I know many amazing fans have been asking daily for updates on the status of my health. I can say that it has been the hardest year of my life, but I am also incredibly thankful for that. I had to put some of my dreams and goals aside to focus on myself. I'm also thankful for that. Although I feel that now is not the time to open up about it all, just know that I'm fighting the fight and I love you all!</blockquote>

  • Michael C. Hall

    In early 2010, a spokesperson for the "Dexter" star revealed that he was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/michael-c-hall-cancer-sho_n_422247.html">The Huffington Post reported</a>. "I feel fortunate to have been diagnosed with an imminently treatable and curable condition, and I thank my doctors and nurses for their expertise and care," he said in a statement at the time. At age 38, he was just a year younger than his father was when he died from prostate cancer at 39. "I think I?ve been preoccupied since I was 11, and my father died, with the idea of the age 39: Would I live that long? What would that be like?? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/arts/television/19hall.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&">he told <em>The New York Times</em> in 2010</a>. "To discover that I had the Hodgkin?s was alarming, but at the same time I felt kind of bemused, like: Wow. Huh. How interesting." In April 2010, his wife Jennifer Carpenter said that the actor was "fully recovered," <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/23/michael-c-hall-fully-reco_n_550174.html">according to the AP</a>.

  • Kylie Minogue

    The Australian singer, now 44, was <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/17/kylie-minogue-cancer_n_1972656.html">diagnosed with breast cancer</a> in 2005. "Everyone?s story is different. It depends what the cancer was, how it affected you, the treatment you had. There are so many variables but for a lot of people, myself included, it?s not like it happened, it was dealt with and it stops," <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2012/10/16/kylie-minogue-cancer-diagnosis-still-affects-me-but-ive-had-to-adapt-to-it-601837/">she told Metro in 2010</a>. "I have reminders of it every day so it definitely affects my life in a small part, so you just have to adapt and do things slightly differently ... just deal with it and move on."

  • Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/valerie-harper-movie_n_3691789.html?utm_hp_ref=tv

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    Chopper deal: India gets fresh tranche of documents

    India has received a fresh tranche of crucial documents from Italy in connection with Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal which is likely to help CBI in expediting the probe into the bribery scam allegedly involving the then Indian Air Force chief S P Tyagi.

    CBI sources said a DIG Mahipal Yadav returned today from Milan where the trial against the then executives of Finmeccanica and AgustaWestland are being prosecuted by the Italian authorities for alleged international corruption.

    India is being represented as civil party in the case by Defence Ministry.

    They said CBI was expecting to get copies of transcripts of phone conversations of middlemen which were intercepted by the Italian agencies but it may take some time because of court's procedural issues.

    The sources said a fresh tranche of documents have been handed over to the Indian mission on the orders of the Milan court but did not give their details as it might compromise their ongoing probe by the agency.

    The sources said a set of over 40,000 documents related to contours of money trail has already been received by the CBI from the Italian court after Defence Ministry became a civil party in the ongoing case in the European country.

    The sources said once CBI gets these records it might question Tyagi and other accused again before starting to prepare the charge sheet against the accused.

    CBI which carried out probe in India had named 13 individuals, including Tyagi and European middlemen Carlo Gerosa, Christian Michel and Guido Haschke, in the FIR as accused, in connection with the alleged bribery.

    Italian agencies had arrested the then CEO of AgustaWestland Giuseppe Orsi for alleged bribe given to Indian middlemen to clinch the deal.

    The supply of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland had come under scanner after Italian authorities alleged that bribe money was given by the company to clinch the deal.

    The Italian prosecutor, who carried out the preliminary enquiry, alleged that the CEO of Finmeccanica, parent company of UK-based AgustaWestland, had used services of middlemen to bribe Indian officials in India.

    The probe agency has alleged that during his tenure as the IAF chief, Tyagi and "with his approval" the Air Force "conceded to reduce the service ceiling for VVIP helicopters from 6,000 m to 4,500 m as mandatory to which it was opposing vehemently on the grounds of security constraints and other related reasons".

    According to the FIR, "Haschke Guido and Gerosa Carlo (middlemen) managed to send Euro 5.6 million through Mohali-based IDS Infotech and Chandigarh-based Aeromatrix Info Solutions Private Ltd to India and kept the remaining amount out of about Euro 24.30 million received from AgustaWestland with themselves in the account of IDS Tunisia."

    Both the Indian companies have denied involvement in the bribery scandal.

    Source: http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Chopper-deal-India-gets-fresh-tranche-of-documents/2013/07/31/article1711447.ece

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    'Parks and Rec' loses 2 cast members

    NEW YORK (AP) ? NBC's "Parks and Recreation" is losing two of its cast members.

    Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones will leave the series after the 13th episode of the upcoming sixth season.

    They play characters Chris Traeger and Ann Perkins.

    The news was first reported by Buzzfeed.

    In an emailed statement from the show's Executive Producer Mike Schur, he said, "Heading into this year, with the two of them contemplating parenthood, it felt like the natural time to move them into the next phase."

    On "Parks and Rec," Lowe and Jones' characters dated on-and-off and have decided to try to have a baby together.

    "Parks and Recreation" also stars Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and Aziz Ansari as employees working in local government in Indiana.

    Jones has been on the series since its first episode. Lowe joined the show in season two.

    This isn't the first time Lowe has left a TV series before it went off the air. He left NBC's "The West Wing" and ABC's "Brothers and Sisters" after four seasons.

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    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/parks-rec-loses-2-cast-members-033713705.html

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    Commercial Drones Are Now Approved for Aerial Surveillance

    Commercial Drones Are Now Approved for Aerial Surveillance

    Creepy drone spying is no longer just the purview of the military in the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration recently cleared two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for commercial use surveilling the Alaskan coast, marking a sharp turn for the future of domestic drone use.

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    Source: http://gizmodo.com/commercial-drones-are-now-approved-for-aerial-surveilla-965953836

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